A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff. This type of story is happening so frequently these days, which is why I blog about it. Just before Chance Bothe’s truck plunged off of a bridge and into a ravine, he typed a text into his phone.
He wrote,
“I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident.”
This situation seems unreal, but it’s not. Unfortunately, many new teen drivers (and adults alike) seem to have…
I am pleased to report that on Monday, August 27th the California Assembly approved the new three-foot passing bill by a 54-24 vote after a heated and lengthy debate. The preceding try to pass this law was Senate Bill 910 which I discussed back in September 2011, and which was vetoed by Governor Brown. Hopefully, the reasons for his veto have been addressed in the new bill.
After this new pro-bicycle bill, otherwise known as Senate Bill 1464, becomes reconciled with matching State Senate bill, it will land back on the Governor’s desk for signature or veto. The California bicycle…
Just when we thought that San Francisco has seen enough pedestrian injuries and fatalities, a new study is released indicating that this trend is continuing and unfortunately pedestrian fatalities are on the uprise.
I am pleased to report that San Francisco plans to implement new measures to improve pedestrian safety. This effort, however (in part), overshadows the fact that
“the number of pedestrians killed this year is on pace to surpass the death toll from each of the two previous years.”
It’s a bitter pill to have to swallow; according to the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, a…
David Rosen, 17-years-old, struck and killed a 41-year-old man and his 9-year-old daughter up on the sidewalk as they were on a family bike ride one morning. Rosen lost control of his SUV Cadillac Escalade when he struck the bicyclists, sheared off a fire hydrant and careened into the brick facade of a medical office building next to the Contra Costa Fire District’s training center, which ended in this tragic Concord fatality in April a few months ago.
Recommendations and facts in the case are being reviewed. Police have recommended vehicular manslaughter charges. Vehicular manslaughter normally carries a prison sentence…
Summer is here and with it comes warm summer days, a new free-spirited attitude and, of course, driving vacations. Even if simply driving around town, the happiness of summer has a tendency to cause more distractions than normal.
We should be urged to continue to drive safely, and especially be on a closer lookout for children this time of year though. As schools are out, more children will be out roaming the streets–with or without their parents.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) collects data throughout the year and has found that:
“In 2009, 4,092 pedestrians were killed…
